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Vice President Kamala Harris released a letter Saturday from her White House doctor, who said she is in “excellent health” and is successfully managing some minor health issues.

A large trial showed that semaglutide, sold as Ozempic for diabetes and as Wegovy for obesity, was better than any current medications in alleviating symptoms.

British data shows that children conceived and born during a period of sugar rationing were less likely to develop diabetes or high blood pressure later in life.

The study uses UK Biobank data to look at the health of people who were conceived and born when sugar was rationed during World War II. The findings were striking.

Dr. Richard Pazdur for 25 years has overseen innovations in the treatment of deadly diseases at the agency.

A rise in the disease in younger people was not followed by an increase in deaths, a study found, and might be a sign of overdiagnosis.

Dr. Adam Rodman, an expert in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, confidently expected that chatbots built to use artificial intelligence would help doctors diagnose illnesses.

By One of the first warnings came in a paper published in 2021. There was an unexpected rise in pancreatic cancer among young people in the United States from 2000 to 2018.

Gina Kolata The New York Times Company Ozempic? Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not a fan.